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The rail bonus is a term used in traffic planning which has no clear definition. The purpose of this paper has been to define the rail bonus by doing a concept analysis. This has been done by looking at previous research and previous investigations of light rail projects. We have also studied current light rail projects in Lund and Malmö through interviews with key persons. The purpose of the interviews has been to get a better view on how the term is used today and to compare this with our definition. Our results have shown that a number of factors are the core of the concept of the rail bonus. The rail bonus is the growth in travel that occurs when new tramway replaces buses. One condition is that there is a good planning and a sound strategy, and that soft factors are taken into consideration. This leads to reliability for the tram, and traveling with the tram will increase. To easier prove the rail bonus the journey needs to be at least 40 minutes. Our concept testing has indicated that the interviewees identify some of these factors without seeing them in a bigger perspective.